WARSAW, January 26 (RIA Novosti) - Polish Foreign
Minister Radek Sikorski denied on Monday plans to put himself
forward for the post of NATO secretary general.
"I am not a candidate for the post of NATO secretary
general," Sikorski told journalists.
The term of NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
expires on July 31.
Belgium's Le Soir newspaper earlier reported that Poland's
Sikorski, along with Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish prime
minister who supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq and addressed
NATO operations in Afghanistan in his New Year speech, were top
candidates to head the military alliance.
Rasmussen's office said the Danish politician would not
seek the post.
Czech Deputy Prime Minister Aleksander Vondra, Norwegian
Defense Minister Anne-Grete Strom-Erichsen, former Bulgarian
Foreign Minister Solomon Passy and two Canadian politicians,
Defense Minister Peter MacKay and former Deputy Prime Minister
John Manley are also seen as potential candidates, Poland's
Rzeczpospolita newspaper said.
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